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Thanks for the sarcastic answers. AELLC, that's pretty much what I'm feeling too. I feel like I'm duplicating efforts and creating something that has so much potential but just gets shoved aside because I'm not an "engineer if I don't use paper". I've been told several times over to not use...

Sure enough, Risa does. Now my next question, does it do it well? I know there are links between Revit and Risa. Do you find this useful for wood buildings? In my experience, most of the people use Risa for steel/concrete buildings.

With RAM and RISA, the loads have to be inputted by the user. The point I was trying to convey is since the 3D model has the geometry and materials already, the loads themselves should be able to be generated. RAM and Risa might be able to do this based on ASCE 7. I'm not that familiar with...

Every time I begin a project in Revit and start developing loads, I get so frustrated! We follow code procedures (ASCE 7) and generate loads based on the buildings geometry and material. If I just spent all this time to put together a model for drafting and coordination with the Architect, why...

msquared48: That gut feel doesn't come easily to me unless I've done it several times like wood beams/shearwalls. Steel and concrete aren't at 'gut feeling' yet. We'll get there someday. MiketheEngineer: That's another thing that leans me towards using RISA, etc. Time savings in the end...

I'm relatively new to structural engineering; just took my PE exam. I'm also really interested in programming and computers in general. When you come across a simple one-story building, just regular old design by hand methods seem to do the trick: satisfy time constraints and produce a good...

I guess I'm not sure how to split it into sub-diaphragms. I have two cantilevered diaphragms with an unusual opening placement while having awkward shear wall placement as well. I cannot wrap my head around how to break this up into something manageable. I know how to take care of the...

I cannot find a decent enough reference that covers my situation with this irregular diaphragm. Here is the layout of the diaphragm with shear walls along A/B and 1/2 (note they aren't full length but we'll ignore that for now): A B | | _____ _1 |...